All three mortgage-production channels saw increased volume during the first quarter of 2015, but brokers made the most of the rising market, according to a new Inside Mortgage Finance ranking and analysis. Mortgage brokers produced an estimated $39.0 billion of home mortgages during the first three months of 2015, an increase of 14.7 percent over the fourth quarter. That pushed the broker share of originations to 10.8 percent, the sector’s highest market share since 2010. Retail production facilities did...[Includes five data tables]

The lawmakers join a growing chorus of mortgage professionals calling for an ease on tight enforcement of the TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule.

It stands to reason that by waiving the charge that Freddie might take in less revenue, but a GSE spokesman said as a financial matter, “it’s not material.”

The regulator said it plans to use its “expanded data” house price index to determine adjustments for conforming loan limits.

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Moreover, 12 of the top 20 originators are now nonbanks, all of which rely heavily on commercial banks for warehouse credit

Although Associated denies that any such lending discrimination took place, it agreed to commit almost $200 million in new loans to “targeted” areas...